discuss the features of land revenue system under Akbar.
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Akbar appointed Raja Todar Mal , the revenue minister of Sher Shah Suri, as his revenue minister. He derived a system which was followed till the coming of the British. The chief source of state income was land revenue. Land of each farmer was measured in bighas and divided into categories according to its produce. Bamboo sticks were joined together with iron rings for measuring land. Land was divided into three grades - good, average and bad. Assessment was based on the average produce prevailing over the past ten years. The share of the state was one third of the produce which could be paid in cash or kind. Proper records of revenue were maintained. Farmers were also given loans in time of natural calamities.
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